government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> apparently being. >> stephanie miller -- >> involves having two arms and two legs and the occasional oracle. >> stephanie: enough about my weakness. >> i didn't know john lithgow was your boyfriend. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12 the phone number toll free from anywhere. oh, did i say former and future? isn't that what i said? >> it is not former and future. it is current! >> announcer: and now it's time for congressman alan grayson and your chance to taste the grayson. >> stephanie: good morning current. >> how fashionable. former and fashionable. >> stephanie: good morning sir. >> hi, how are you? >> stephanie: good. how was the big fancy, becoming a congressman again ceremony? >> i got through it. i had to say i do or something like that. i had to take some kind of oath. >> stephanie: boy, you're back j

pension plan, your healthcare plan, paper or plastic. you have everything thrown in your lap, and maybe most important is the information you choose to consume. you are what you eat. if you eat nothing but chocolate pudding your entire life, then you can venture out there and very your diet. it is all there. there are so many times when i have spoken in public forums and people will say, why are the media not covering x? how did you find out about that? it was on page 6, but they thought it should be on page one. the media you consume are not reflecting your priorities. they are run by people. if you go straight to google news, you can have an algorithm doing that search for you. i think you just have to swallow hard, do a lot, and realize this is all up to you now. i am not startling for the world that was at all. >> that task of leaving it up to you can be kind of frightening. >> you have to find people you can trust. when you watch cbs or it read the new york times, those were your aggregators. it is not about "here is what i had for breakfast today." it is about "this person i

money that this president is trying to do for the healthcare? he turns that down. if he was so interested in helping his people, why would you turn down millions of people to get healthcare? >> kathleen, i agree with you. i am not saying -- don't get me wrong. i am not saying he is the best progressive out there. he is softening up a little bit. >> he reminds me of mitt romney. you have you do what you have to do. if this is what it takes to get me to vote i will do it. i don't listen to a person says. i watch them and see what they do. >> i hear you kathleen. we will people on the jersey shore who can't eat and get fresh water. >> that's a good governor. good governanceance is good governance. >> i don't know i have ever seen a governor or any other elected official come out and name names of people in their own party the way he did with john boehner in that press conference. that press conference was unbelievable. unbelievable. >> maybe because of me, but somebody tweeted me. >> that's pretty cool. aura says she loves my smile. i should fill in for bill more often. i might no